200 MW PV PLANT APPROVED

Sempra Generation receives approval to build southern California solar plant; Rosamond Solar to create 300 construction jobs
November 10, 2010 (Sempra Generation)

"Sempra Generation…received unanimous approval from the Kern County Board of Supervisors to construct a new photovoltaic solar power plant in California’s Antelope Valley.

"Located in the high desert about 90 miles north of Los Angeles, Rosamond Solar will generate up to 200 megawatts (MW) or enough electricity to power about 76,000 average homes for a year…"

One of Sempra's first trials of PV, a 48 MW combined natural gas and solar facility in Nevada. 200 MW is 4 TIMES (!) as big. (click to enlarge)

"Sempra Generation anticipates breaking ground on Rosamond Solar in 2012 with completion targeted for 2013. The project will create approximately 300 construction jobs and up to eight new long-term positions to operate the facility."

A section of Sempra's reigning PV size queen at Boulder City. (click to enlarge)

"Rosamond Solar will be built on privately owned, former agricultural land near an existing major transmission line corridor. The project will use photovoltaic solar-panel technology that does not require water to generate electricity.

"This is Sempra Generation’s fourth utility-scale solar power project. The company expects to complete construction on the largest photovoltaic solar facility in the U.S. later this year in Boulder City, Nev., and recently announced plans to launch the first phase of a 600-MW photovoltaic solar project outside Phoenix in 2011…"